World Wide Chemistry
2
BIRD FILM APPLICATOR A precision Laboratory Tool that will lay a wet film of specific thickness with absolute uniformity. For Testing: φ Hiding Power Ο Flexibility Φ Drying Φ Ink Absorption Φ Color Corriparision φ Dispersion of Pigment φ Gloss © Pick When ordering please specifv width and wet film thickness WIDTH of Film 2" 3" 3V 2 " 6" W E T FILM THICKIMESS Standard j Non- .0005" .0015" .003" .006"! S t a n d a r d $18.00 each thickness' S20.5O 20.5O each thickness; 23.0O 20.50 each thickness; 23.0O 23.0O each thickness! 25.5Q Other than standard widths, any thickness, price on request. Bird Vacuum Plate . . .Top surface ground to a true plane. Holds flexible bnse material flat. Assures uniform wet film drawdowns. Write for descriptive literature. BIRD & SON, inc., 93 Pine Street, EaslWalpole, Mass. T EXAS GUE&SUXPHUR (3. 75 fast 45th St. * £ J V New York 17, N . Y. WJ Mines: N.WQulf and Mots Bluff, Τ·χα· ^* / TVonte TVieCe Developing Resources in Brazil The draft of Brazil's new Mining Code was recently delivered to the government, by the commission which had heen ap- pointed to draw it up. The proposed legislation, which hits already heen for- warded to the congress, regulates mining activities of both Brazilians and foreigners and aims to simplify the red tape now in- volved in obtaining authorization to pros- poet for minerals in Brazil. The draft also includes regulations for trade in precious and semiprecious stones. The purchase of 15 tankers and the in- stallation of two oil refineries are reportedly one of the most important points included in the study of the Congress Interparty Committee. General J. Carlos Barreto, president of the National Petroleum Council, and three technical assistants attended the petroleum meeting at Tulsa, Okla. During his stay in United States General Barreto also visited oilfields, refineries, and other industries related to the petroleum in- dustry. A government-controlled re- finery is now being built in the United States for the Brazilian government. Review of 1947 Shows Italy Two Thirds Recovered After 10 years, indexes (with the first half of 1947 equal to 100) are again being published so that the status of principal industries and products of Italy can be followed. In M)45 industrial output had fallen to the lowest level in 20 years. In 1946 nearly all branches of industry- had recovered, with fairly steady progress to- ward prewar quotas during 1947 although production was still about 30^ lower than that reached in 1938. In the chemical field all key products registered increases of varying intensity: synthetic ammonia rose from an index of ol in January 1947 to 140 in October; chamber sulfuric acid from 104 to 132; synthetic organic dyes from 82 to 141. Synthetic resins also showed improvement. The production of citric acid during 1946- 47 amounted to about 2,000 metric tons, compared with a prewar annual average of 3,600 to 3,800 tons, of which 2,300 to 2,500 tons were exported, chiefly to Brit- ain, Germany, and Belgium. Italian chemical exporters continue to regard the immediate prospects as very favorable. Shipments have been averag- ing 300 to 400 million lire monthly, going mainly to Britain, Palestine, South Africa, India, Kgypt, Turkey, and South America. Dyes tuffs, tartaric acid, tanning extracts, and citrus oils are in heavy export demand. Italy has replaced Germany in many eases as a supplier of pharmaceuticals, the Italian products finding a ready mar- ket even though their prices are often 40% higher than the French. British Chetnical Plant Construction Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., reports good progress in construction work at Newport where a new plant has been under construc- tionsince July. Production here will mainly consist of chemicals hitherto imported from hard currency countries but also include certain products for export, like pentachlorophenol, mainly used as a nonstaining timber preservative, and Santobrite, a general purpose preserva- tive. A soapless detergent, oil additives, and chemicals of hitherto specialized application will also be made at Newport. Fleetwood Paints, Ltd., commenced production last year at a new, up-to-date plant at Staines. Sherwoods Paints, Ltd., has acquired a small factory in the Glas- gow area where it is proposed to set up a new production unit. Shark oil will be processed by a new company on the west coast of Scotland. The production will be carried out in a converted herring drifter at Campbeltown. Bakélite, Ltd., is planning a develop- ment program involving total expenditure in excess of £2 million. The new synthetic camphor plant of B. X. Plastics, Ltd., is expected to be in full production by next fall. Construction work on the new factory of British Xylo- nite, Ltd., at Bexford is making good prog- ress. Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., has received official permission to erect build- ings and install machinery at Drungans, Dumfries, Scotland, for the manufacture of the new protein fiber which is to be marketed under the trade name of Ardil. Two years will elapse before the factory will reach the productive stage, with 400 to 500 workers at work. Meanwhile, tests with sample garments and fabrics made from pilot plant Ardil indicate that the material dyes satisfactorily, stands up to high-pressure steam, does not deteriorate under dry heat, and is mothproof when woven without admixture of wool. The fiber will be made from African peanuts. After removal of shell and skin and ground- ing of the nut, the arachis oil will be re- moved by solvent extraction from the 1862 CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS (%enU4&up ^Producers of pas OEVE
Transcript of World Wide Chemistry
BIRD FILM APPLICATOR
A precision Laboratory Tool that will lay a wet film of specific thickness with absolute uniformity.
For Test ing: φ Hiding P o w e r Ο Flexibility Φ Drying Φ Ink Absorption Φ Color Corriparision φ Dispersion of Pigment φ Gloss © Pick When ordering please specifv width and wet
film thickness
W I D T H of Film
2" 3 " 3V2" 6"
W E T FILM THICKIMESS Standard j Non-
.0005" .0015" .003" .006"! S t a n d a r d $ 1 8 . 0 0 each thickness' S20 .5O
20 .5O each thickness; 23.0O 2 0 . 5 0 each thickness; 23.0O 23.0O each thickness! 25.5Q
Other than s tandard widths, a n y thickness, price on request.
Bird Vacuum Plate . . .Top surface ground to a t rue plane. Holds flexible bnse mater ia l flat. Assures uniform wet film drawdowns. Wr i t e for descriptive l i terature.
BIRD & SON, inc. , 93 Pine Street, EaslWalpole, Mass.
TEXAS GUE&SUXPHUR (3. 75 fast 45th St. * £ J V New York 17, N . Y. W J Mines: N.WQulf and Mots Bluff, Τ · χ α · ^ * /
TVonte TVieCe
Developing Resources in Brazil
The draft of Brazil's new Mining Code was recently delivered to the government, by the commission which had heen appointed to draw it up. The proposed legislation, which hits already heen forwarded to the congress, regulates mining activities of both Brazilians and foreigners and aims to simplify the red tape now involved in obtaining authorization to pros-poet for minerals in Brazil. The draft also includes regulations for trade in precious and semiprecious stones.
The purchase of 15 tankers and the installation of two oil refineries are reportedly one of the most important points included in the study of the Congress Interparty Committee.
General J. Carlos Barreto, president of the National Petroleum Council, and three technical assistants attended the petroleum meeting a t Tulsa, Okla. During his stay in United States General Barreto also visited oilfields, refineries, and other industries related to the petroleum industry. A government-controlled refinery is now being built in the United States for the Brazilian government.
Review of 1947 Shows Italy Two Thirds Recovered
After 10 years, indexes (with the first half of 1947 equal to 100) are again being published so that the status of principal industries and products of Italy can be followed. In M)45 industrial output had fallen to the lowest level in 20 years. In 1946 nearly all branches of industry- had recovered, with fairly steady progress toward prewar quotas during 1947 although production was still about 30^ lower than that reached in 1938.
In the chemical field all key products registered increases of varying intensity: synthetic ammonia rose from an index of ol in January 1947 to 140 in October; chamber sulfuric acid from 104 to 132; synthetic organic dyes from 82 to 141. Synthetic resins also showed improvement. The production of citric acid during 1946-47 amounted to about 2,000 metric tons, compared with a prewar annual average of 3,600 to 3,800 tons, of which 2,300 to 2,500 tons were exported, chiefly to Britain, Germany, and Belgium.
Italian chemical exporters continue to regard the immediate prospects as very favorable. Shipments have been averaging 300 to 400 million lire monthly, going mainly to Britain, Palestine, South Africa,
India, Kgypt, Turkey, and South America. Dyes tuffs, tartaric acid, tanning extracts, and citrus oils are in heavy export demand. Italy has replaced Germany in many eases as a supplier of pharmaceuticals, the Italian products finding a ready market even though their prices are often 4 0 % higher than the French.
British Chetnical Plant Construction
Monsanto Chemicals, Ltd., reports good progress in construction work at Newport where a new plant has been under construc-tionsince July. Production here will mainly consist of chemicals hitherto imported from hard currency countries but also include certain products for export, like pentachlorophenol, mainly used as a nonstaining timber preservative, and Santobrite, a general purpose preservative. A soapless detergent, oil additives, and chemicals of hitherto specialized application will also be made at Newport.
Fleetwood Paints, Ltd., commenced production last year at a new, up-to-date plant at Staines. Sherwoods Paints, Ltd., has acquired a small factory in the Glasgow area where i t is proposed to set up a new production unit.
Shark oil will be processed by a new company on the west coast of Scotland. The production will be carried out in a converted herring drifter a t Campbeltown.
Bakélite, Ltd., is planning a development program involving total expenditure in excess of £2 million.
The new synthetic camphor plant of B. X. Plastics, Ltd., is expected to be in full production by next fall. Construction work on the new factory of British Xylonite, Ltd., at Bexford is making good progress.
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., has received official permission to erect buildings and install machinery at Drungans, Dumfries, Scotland, for the manufacture of the new protein fiber which is to be marketed under the trade name of Ardil. Two years will elapse before the factory will reach the productive stage, with 400 to 500 workers at work. Meanwhile, tests with sample garments and fabrics made from pilot plant Ardil indicate that the material dyes satisfactorily, stands up to high-pressure steam, does not deteriorate under dry heat, and is mothproof when woven without admixture of wool. The fiber will be made from African peanuts. After removal of shell and skin and grounding of the nut, the arachis oil will be removed by solvent extraction from the
1862 C H E M I C A L A N D E N G I N E E R I N G N E W S
(%enU4&up
^Producers of
pas ŒVE
meal. The flourlike substance left will be dissolved in dilute caustic soda to leave a caustic solution containing the protein. This, after processing and precipitating of the protein, yields the raw material for the textile fiber, while the by-product will be used, as livestock fodder. TCI has also acquired a 50-acre site for a nonferrous metals plant at Kirkby, Liverpool, where it is hoped soon to start a major development program likely to take two years.
British Celanese Co. has received government sanction for the erection of a fabrics and plastics factory at Wrexham, Wales, which is scheduled to cost nearly £2 million and to employ 4,000 workers. Permission has also been given to the Crucible Co. for building a factory at Nest on ; this is to commence production within 12 months. Colvilles, Ltd., the big Scottish steel company, has been authorized to build new coke ovens at the Clyde Iron Works, where coke has at present to be obtained from outside sources.
Many chemical companies in Britain are being compelled to seek fresh finance from outside sources for proposed plant extensions. Petrochemicals, Ltd., will obtain £1,450,000 of new capital from the government-owned Finance Corp. for Industry, and another £1 million is to be provided by the public market, while smaller amounts will be obtained by arrangements with chemical firms interested in certain aspects of the Petrochemicals production. B. X. Plastics, Ltd., has increased its capital by £200,000 to £1,000,000; Halex, Ltd., by £100,000 to £500,000, British Industrial Plastics, Ltd., by £400,000 to £1,000,000; British Titan Products, Ltd., by £2,870,000 to £4,000,-000; and Synthite, Ltd., by £50,000 to £100,000.
Annual reports also indicate the need for additional plant to cope with the growing demand. British Oxygen Co. reports that it has resurveyed its development program for home and overseas. A large new scheme of expansion has been formulated "in almost every aspect of our activities." Laporte Chemicals (formerly B. Laporte, Ltd.) is constructing a new hydrogen peroxide plant at Warrington, estimated to cost over £700,000, which is expected to start production early in 1950 and is extending existing hydrogen peroxide and titanium oxide plants (the latter owned by a subsidiary, National Titanium Pigments) at Luton, where the additional capacity is to be fully available later this year. British Paints (Holdings), Ltd., now has its synthetic resin works at Dunston-on-Tyne in full production but still feels acutely the need for more plant to cope with all orders. McKechnie Brothers, Ltd., have completed the installation of additional plant for the manufacture of lithopone, with a consequent increase in production by one quarter. Newton Chambers & Co., Ltd., hopes to complete the extension of its Izal disinfectant factory before the end of this year.
All grades of INDONEX Plasticizers are compatible with a wide range of resins including various phenolics, modified phenolics,
alkyds, acrylates, polyamides, cellulose derivatives, coal tar and petroleum resins, polystyrenes, rosin derivatives, and waxes. Many diverse applications as plasticizers, modifiers, or extenders are indicated. (Circular 1 05.)
INDONEX VG îs a medium-colored partial replacement for dioctyl phthalate, tricresyl phosphate, etc., i n vinyls. (Circular 1 Ol.)
INDONEX Plasticizers <S33V2, 63414, 638 Vz have found many applications in compounding of GR-S, Natural Rubber, Neoprene, Butyl and Acrylonitrile Copolymers. (Bulletin 13 and special circulars.)
SEE OUR EXMIITi
CMiCAao couiiaa] RATI0IAL
, CHEMICAL , EXPOSITION •CT.lMJ.14.1S.il
114·
Grade 633!/2
Color Dark Flash °F 450 Pour°F 35 Viscosity 210 °P., Saybolt sec HO Evap. Loss mg/lOg (1 hr. 100° C.) . . 5
634Vi 638/a V G
Dark 4 6 0
4 0
1 2 5
5
Dark
5 1 0
7 0
5 1 0
3
Mediu 4 6 0
2 0
1 0 3
4
INDOIL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA)
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT
91G South Michigan Avenu· Chicago 80, Illinois
V O L U M E 2 6, N O . 2 5 J U N E 2 1 , 1 9 4 ! 1863
Will -this f i t into your process ?
INd L îjJL NEX
*0< \0* zS
efi ftV>
